“This will be your future residence.”
The young man pointed at a massive building in front of them and said.
The entire building was ten meters tall, pure white, and looked incredibly beautiful.
“From now on, this will be your residence. The building’s surface is sealed by a barrier, and your token is the key; only your token can open it.”
“Alright, now I’ll go over some important points.”
“Within the Inner Sect, there are all sorts of things; you can check your token after you enter to see them. Every month, at the Dao Lecture Ground, there will be great Immortals lecturing on the Dao; whether you go or not is up to you.”
“Every five years, there will be a integral assessment. The points you spend during this period also count. As long as your accumulated points reach 100,000 within five years, you will pass the assessment.”
“Moreover, after the points assessment, the accumulation will restart, so your points must reach 100,000 within five years; otherwise, you will be expelled from the Inner Sect.”
“That’s all there is to say. There’s nothing else. Everything else you’ll have to figure out on your own. My task is complete. Farewell.”
After speaking, the young man nodded at Ye Lin, then turned and vanished.
Seeing the eager young man, Ye Lin shook his head. Then, he took out his token, opened the barrier, and walked into the building.
The building was divided into three floors.
The first floor was the reception hall. The hall was enormous, with a massive table and many stools.
The second floor was for Cultivating, equipped with a large Spirit Gathering Array, where the Spiritual Qi was extremely dense.
The third floor was a warehouse, specifically for storing treasures and similar items.
This was the full view of Ye Lin’s entire residence.
“Not bad.”
After looking it over, Ye Lin nodded in satisfaction.
Overall, this residence was quite good, with no major flaws.
“I should check where the Artifact Refining place is. Now that the Materials are gathered, all that’s left is to find an Artifact Refiner to upgrade Evil Slayer to Earth Rank Low Grade.”
Ye Lin took out his token, and a screen appeared before him.
The Materials for Evil Slayer were already gathered; now was the time to advance it to Earth Rank Low Grade.
The reason Earth Rank Spiritual Artifacts are called Spiritual Artifacts is because they possess a spirit.
The Earth Rank spear Ye Lin had obtained earlier was currently gathering dust in his space ring.
He also wanted to subdue the spear for his own use, but the spiritual bird within the spear paid him no mind.
Only with a spirit can it be Earth Rank Low Grade. If you cannot control the spirit within a Spiritual Artifact, then it’s no different from a fire poker.
However, in terms of hardness, it was indeed harder than a Profound Rank High-Grade item.
But then he thought about it: he exuded incredibly sharp Sword Intent, so it was normal for the spear to ignore him.
Anyway, since he couldn’t use it, he’d find a time to sell it someday.
An Earth Rank Low Grade spear would surely fetch a high price if sold.
“Found it, Weapon Refining Pavilion? Let’s go take a look.”
After searching for a long time, Ye Lin finally found something called the Weapon Refining Pavilion. After memorizing the route, Ye Lin left his residence and headed towards the Weapon Refining Pavilion.
The Weapon Refining Pavilion was enormous, a hundred-meter-tall building. The entire building was made of a special metal, looking extremely imposing.
Ye Lin walked into the building. All around him were various mechanisms and machinery, with figures rushing beside them, operating something.
“You’ve come to my Weapon Refining Pavilion, do you want to forge a weapon or buy one?”
At this moment, an old man in the distance was striking metal with a large hammer, asking as he worked.
Looking at the old man before him, Ye Lin’s heart trembled. A Nascent Soul Realm Immortal Master.
His aura was not apparent, but one could faintly sense a trace of pressure.
He hadn’t expected this ordinary-looking old man to be a Nascent Soul Realm Immortal Master.
“Senior, my purpose is to advance this sword to a Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact.”
Ye Lin came before the old man, took out Evil Slayer, placed it before him, and said softly.
“Profound Rank High-Grade? The sword itself is good. There’s Sword Intent surrounding the blade; it seems to have been nurtured for a long time.”
“The Materials used to forge the blade are also decent, but the forging technique is crude and shoddy, truly unsightly.”
“If you hadn’t nurtured it with Sword Intent for so long, this sword might not even have reached the Profound Rank High-Grade.”
Looking at Evil Slayer, the old man commented mercilessly.
Ye Lin, meanwhile, wore a wry smile.
“Advancing to Earth Rank Low Grade is a bit difficult, but not overly so. Do you have the Materials?”
The old man looked at Ye Lin and asked.
“Yes.”
Ye Lin nodded, taking out a large pile of metals from his space ring and placing them before the old man.
The old man merely glanced at them, then nodded in satisfaction.
“Good, that’s enough.”
“I’ll give you two options now. First, directly advance it to Earth Rank Low Grade, and I’ll charge you 10,000 points.”
“Second, melt this sword down and re-forge it. However, the Sword Intent will remain the same, and after the spirit awakens, it will still be the original sword.”
“For this second option, I’ll charge you 20,000 points. Which one do you choose?”
After the old man spoke, Ye Lin didn’t hesitate for a moment.
“I choose the second one.”
If he was going to do it, he’d do it the best way.
“Good, take out your token and let this old man see if you have 20,000 points. If you dare to play tricks on this old man, the consequences will be very severe.”
Hearing Ye Lin’s tone, the old man couldn’t help but look at Ye Lin in surprise.
There weren’t many Inner Sect Disciples who could casually take out 20,000 points, and he was familiar with those people.
But he had never seen Ye Lin; he was completely unfamiliar.
After Ye Lin took out his token, the old man performed some dazzling maneuvers, then satisfactorily handed the token back to Ye Lin.
“113,000 points, not bad. This old man just transferred 20,000 to himself.”
“Since that’s the case, I’ll begin forging.”
“If you want to watch, stand far away. If not, come back tomorrow to pick it up.”
After the old man finished speaking, he slowly stood up, while Ye Lin, with a few flashes, arrived at a distant spot.
What a joke! An Immortal Master Artifact Refiner forging an artifact—it would be foolish not to watch such a precious scene.
Ye Lin also wanted to dabble in Artifact Refining, but this relied purely on talent, not something anyone could practice. After thinking about it, he gave up.
He had no talent whatsoever. Even if he entered the Artifact Refining profession, he would at most become a Third-Grade Artifact Refiner, never able to advance further, even if he tried his hardest.
A Third-Grade Artifact Refiner could only refine Yellow Rank weapons. For Profound Rank, they would need to be extremely cautious, which wasn’t proportional to the effort.
The old man slapped Evil Slayer with his palm. Evil Slayer let out a cry, and its entire blade instantly disintegrated.
Then, he threw all the Materials and the metals Ye Lin had brought into the huge furnace before him.
“Heavenly Fire, rise!”
The old man roared, and within the furnace, streams of intense flames began to burn. All the metals at this moment slowly turned into liquid.
The old man then formed hand seals, and dozens of streaks of light began to spin rapidly within the furnace.
These Materials had different properties. If they were all fused together, it could easily cause a clash of properties and result in an explosion.
Therefore, a secret method was needed to harmonize them, slowly fusing them together.
This process was extremely long and mentally taxing.
If any part was mishandled, the Artifact Refining would fail.
And all the Materials within would be destroyed.
However, the old man’s expression remained unchanged, and the speed at which he formed hand seals grew faster and faster.